For years, The Stone Merchant has been hard to find on major streaming services. This has led to its second life on user-uploaded video platforms, particularly the Russian social network OK.ru (also known as Odnoklassniki).
While in Turkey, they cross paths with Ludovico Vicedomini (Harvey Keitel), a charismatic and cultured precious stone merchant trading between Europe and the Middle East. Ludovico, along with his business partner Shahid (F. Murray Abraham), appears sophisticated and above suspicion. the stone merchant -2006- ok.ru
The Stone Merchant (original Italian title: Il mercante di pietre ) was a co-production between Italy and the United Kingdom, with a reported budget of around $2 million. Directed by Renzo Martinelli, an Italian director known for politically charged films, the movie was filmed on location in Turkey (Cappadocia), Rome, and Turin. For years, The Stone Merchant has been hard
: Ludovico Vicedomini (Harvey Keitel), known to the world as a sophisticated merchant trading precious gems between Europe and the Middle East. Beneath his refined exterior, he is a radicalized Western convert to Islam who uses his legitimate trade logistics to finance and architect a catastrophic terrorist strike against the West. Ludovico, along with his business partner Shahid (F
Critics and audiences on platforms like Letterboxd have noted that the film functions heavily as a "thesis picture" or propaganda piece. It takes an explicitly hardline, pessimistic view of European security policies and political correctness.